CongoPeat
Past, Present and Future of the Peatlands of the Central Congo Basin
Credit: Kevin McElvaney/Greenpeace
About the Project
In 2017 our research team revealed that the world's largest tropical peatland is located in the geographical heart of Africa. Over 10,000 years peat has been building up. Today the central Congo peatlands store 30 billion tonnes of carbon, requiring careful protection.
CongoPeat brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading experts to study this newly discovered yet threatened ecosystem.
We have TWO #postdoc opportunities on African forests and their changing ecology.
With AfriTRON, ForestPlots and a dynamic group of tropical forest scientists @UniversityLeeds @SoGLeeds
Details: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVGE1247
https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVGE1246
Questions: S.L.Lewis@leeds.ac.uk
This is so spot on. Important efforts are underway to change this #CongoBasinScienceInitiative #CongoFlux @CBI_UCLA #SciencePanelForTheCongo and #PANGEA 🤞
Long-term survival of Congo’s biodiversity threatened by lack of local scientists | Science | AAAS
In the Republic of #Congo. #Indigenous #Peoples and local communities have been #sustainably foraging from the #peatlands for generations.
@LgetaU @CassieDummett @CongoPeat @ucl @UniversityLeeds @SueSep5 @ipspeatlands @ForestsMatter @SonwaDenis @unepwcmc @UNESCO @CIFOR_ICRAF
Peatlands & river contribute to more than 60% of the economic value of the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Cuvette and Sangha departments. #workshop #protect #livelihoods #peatlands #congo, @CongoPeat @CassieDummett @LgetaU @ForestsMatter @unepwcmc
Contact us
- Tel.: +44 (0)113 343 3341
- Email: admin@congopeat.net
- Twitter: @CongoPeat
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